I've made this one easy, it's just Sam and Frodo. This story is set slightly before Gollum enters the story and I was playing with the idea that Frodo feels regret at Gandalfs 'death' and is wondering if he could've done something to save him. That kind of regret can take away your appitite. Good ol' Sam.... PLEASE POST REVIEW
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“I told you Sam, I’m not hungry!”
“You NEVER eat anythin’ anymore. You’re going to disappear if you aren’t careful!”
*shivers* “Please don’t speak of disappearing.”
“Oh. Sorry.”
“Thank you. Now you eat that lembas there, I’m not hungry.”
“That’s what you said yesterday, Mr. Frodo, and the day before that and the day before that and…”
*smile* “I never thought I’d be forcing Samwise Gamgee to eat. Come on, go ahead.”
“No. Not until you do.”
“I’ve never ever met a hobbit, or anything else for that matter, that’s as stubborn as you, Sam.”
“Well, you’re being stubborn too. I don’t think Mr. Gandalf would’ve wanted you to starve yourself!”
“Speaking of Gandalf doesn’t help my appetite any, Sam…”
“So THAT’S what this is all about!”
“That’s what what is all about?”
“You miss him.”
“Who?”
“Gandalf.”
*irritatedly* “Of COURSE I do!”
“So you’re starving yourself?”
“I’m just not hungry Sam, can’t we leave it at that?”
“No. Just because Mr. Gandalf is gone, doesn’t mean you have to beat yourself up about it.”
*silence*
“Mr. Frodo?”
“I just wish…I could’ve DONE something…anything…”
“You couldn’t have. No one could’ve, not even Strider or Boromir.”
“Why?”
*shrugs* “Maybe them folks that control the world didn’t want them to. The Valar, or somethin’ like that.”
“Well, needless to say, I’m pretty irritated at the Valar right now.”
*smile* “Well, we all are.”
*silence*
“At any rate, it wasn’t your fault. It wasn’t anyones fault.”
“People keep saying that, but I still don’t feel any better…”
“Well, p’raps you won’t for a while. P’raps none of us will. I know I sure don’t feel much better.”
*smile* “I suppose that’s true……Sam?”
“Yes, Mr. Frodo?”
“Pass me some of that lembas, will you?”
*smile* “Of course, Mr. Frodo.”
*softly* “Thank you, Sam.”